Fracking: Can New York Stop It?High volume horizontal fracking is one of the most significant threats in the history of the State of New York. Across the state and in New York City, a battle is currently being waged (www.nyagain...

Thoughts on Ed Koch from a colleagueI served with Mayor Ed Koch for 12 years, the last four from 1986 through 1989 when I was the newly elected head of the City Council, soon to be empowered as a truly independent legislative branch ...

By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police have detained a British journalist working for The Times and are holding him at the country's main airport without charge, his lawyer said on Friday. "I am trying to find out why they are holding him," said lawyer George King, who is acting on behalf of Jerome Starkey. Starkey has been held for 19 hours since getting off an international flight on Thursday night.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's Christmas nativity scene has an unusual addition this year: a spire from one of the dozens of churches and basilicas that were damaged or destroyed in this year's central Italy earthquakes.